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Coach Steve Spurrier continues to take the Gamecocks to unprecedented heights, following up his third straight 11-win season with another top-20 recruiting class. The Gamecocks focused on rebuilding their defensive line and secondary after each unit lost starters. South Carolina signed three of the country's top cornerback prospects: Chris Lammons of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (No. 12 athlete), D.J. Smith of Marietta, Ga. (No. 12 cornerback) and Wesley Green of Lithonia, Ga. (No. 13 cornerback). Dante Sawyer of Suwanee, Ga., the No. 9 defensive end, and juco tackles Jhaustin Thomas and Abu Lamin might be able to help on the defensive line right away. South Carolina lost a bunch of talent to the NFL draft, including star defensive end Jadeveon Clowney and tackle Kelcy Quarles, but they should be right back in the mix in the SEC East. They'll play rivals Georgia and Missouri at home this coming season.

How in the hell are we ranked below Georgia? Please explain that too me.

We return 10 starters on defense, 7 on offense and go from a DC everyone questioned to one that just won a BCS title. Even with all the injuries we scored the most points in SEC games last year so if Pruitt just moves the defense to middle of the pack in scoring defense that's worth 3 wins.

UGA has more coming back than the Gamecocks. No need to argue just for the sake of arguing. Are the players they have coming back better? On defense, prob not. But that's a lot of experience with a new talented DC.